Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital hired a new state-ordered infectious disease specialist to investigate current infection control practices at the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, ...
A study showed that the proportion of infants with viral healthcare-associated infections decreased significantly during the COVID pandemic. In contrast, the proportion of infants with bacterial or ...
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(5):499-509. Limiting unnecessary, empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is universally thought to be an effective tool for reducing HAIs and limiting ...
Mean duration of stay in III level NICU (days) 16.8 ± 21.2 15.0 ± 19.6 0.08 Mean total duration of stay (days) 47.0 ± 35.3 48.4 ± 40.3 0.94 Death (%) 5.9 5.4 0.71 IMV (% of infants per day) 0.23 ± ...
DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Three infants are now dead – all of them victims of a waterborne infection in the NICU at Geisinger Medical Center Danville. The NICU at Geisinger has recently ...